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Longer than usual silence

N5VHO – August 6, 2008 – 17:55

Sorry for the long packet silence on ISS. The packet radio system was expected to be quiet for some time due to the EVAs that were done in early July. I was on business travel for three weeks after that and have not been able to check on the situation. The closure of the Johnson Space center due to the threat of a tropical storm has further delayed my efforts to investigate. I'll try and see what might be going on but at this point anything I would have to offer would be wild speculation. Hopefully, it is nothiing serious and the system can be quickly reactivated.

Kenneth - N5VHO
ISS Ham project engineer
Johnson Space Center

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Any news?

ZL3GA – August 23, 2008 – 19:57

Hi Ken,
Any further news on the silence?
73, Geoff ZL3GA

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Request submitted

N5VHO – August 24, 2008 – 15:50

I have submitted a request to the flight control team. I hope to hear something later this week.

Kenneth - N5VHO
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Well I hope all is ok with

W8OSP – August 14, 2008 – 18:15

Well I hope all is ok with the rig and we will see it up and running soon. Keep us updated Ken when you can.

73's jayson

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Silence and tracking

wa4ht – August 9, 2008 – 18:00

I still listen to the silence but am having trouble with the tracking on this site. Seems this tracking is about 43 minutes off.Is it just me or what?

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Re: Silence and tracking!

pd0rkc – August 11, 2008 – 16:09

Use this tracker:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

73's Cor PD0RKC

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